The machinery of the American battleships USS New York, Texas, Nevada and Oklahoma according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1912-1913 no. 6

New York-class

Nevada-class

USS Texas

An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht reporting that the American battleships New York (1) of 27.000 tons and Nevada (2) of 27.500 tons were fitted out with turbines and the battleships Texas (3) of 27.000 tons and Oklahoma (4) of 27.500 tons with expansion steam engines. The displacement figures were of the trials. In actual service were the displacements increased to respectively 28.367 and 29.000 hp. Around 32.000 hp were developed allowing a speed of 21 miles. The New York and Texas were fitted out with a mixed fuel system, the Nevada and Oklahoma with oil-fired boilers. Oil-fired boilers needed just one funnel making an armour with a thickness of 33cm reaching above the quarterdeck possible.

Notes

1. Part of the New York-class consisting of the New York and the Texas, preceded by the Wyoming-class and succeeded by the Nevada-class. Building awarded on 1 May 1911, laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 11 September 1911, launched on 30 October 1912, sponsored by Elsie Calder, commissioned on 15 May 1914, refitted in 1919, decommissioned on 29 August 1945, used as a target ship in 1945, sunk while used as a target at Bikini (Operation Crossroads) on 8 July 1948 and stricken on 13 July 1948. 

2. Of the Nevada-class consisting of the USS Nevada (BB-36) and Oklahoma (BB-37) preceded by the New York-class and succeeded by the Pennsylvania-class. Building approved on 4 March 1911. Contract signed on 22 January 1912 with an additional on 31 July 1912. Laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 9 November 1912, launched on 11 July 1914, sponsored by Eleanor Anne Seibert, commissioned on 20 September 1916, modernized at the Norfolk Navy Yard included replacement of her direct drive by geared steam turbines and replacing her 12 by just 6 boilers between August 1927-January 1930, damaged by the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941, repairs completed in October 1942, decommissioned on 29 August 1946, sunk while used as a target on 31 July 1948 and stricken on 12 August 1948. Building costs 5.895.000 US dollars.

3.Part of the New York-class consisting of the New York and the Texas, preceded by the Wyoming-class and succeeded by the Nevada-class. Building ordered on 24 June 1910l laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding on 17 April 1911, launched on 18 May 1912, sponsored by Claudia Lyon, commissioned on 12 March 1914, overhauled between 31 July 1925-23 November 1926, decommissioned on 21 April 1948, stricken on 30 April 1948 and now museum ship. Building costs 11.179.195 US dollars. 

4. Of the Nevada-class consisting of the USS Nevada (BB-36) and Oklahoma (BB-37) preceded by the New York-class and succeeded by the Pennsylvania-class. Building authorized on 4 March 1911. Laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey on 26 October 1912, launched on 23 March 1914, sponsored by Lorena J. Cruce, commissioned on 2 May 1916, modernized at the Philadelphia navy yard between 1927-1930, sunk with the loss of 429 men during the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1942, decommissioned and stricken on 1 September 1944, salvaged and sold to the Moore Drycock Company, Oakland, California for 46.000 US dollars to be broken up on 5 December 1935 and underway to her final destination I San Francisco Bay sunk on a unknown position in a storm more as 500 miles distance from Hawaii on 17 May 1947.